Cops believed dancers were drugging patrons and running up bills. Without any evidence, they tried to shut the clubs down. Richard Mueller, a disgraced cop now working for prosecutor Brad Miller, roughed up a teen during a traffic stop. In 2025, we got a big investigative grant. Since then, we’ve used the funding to report on local and national corruption. Before the 2024 election, a cadre of MAGA loyalists met over brunch to plot ways for Trump to use the military domestically. Google asked a PAC supporting a pro-industry SRP slate to return its money and remove its name from all campaign materials. Schools chief Tom Horne and Attorney General Kris Mayes said Dorrian Jones committed ESA fraud, but he was found not guilty. Pinal County Attorney Brad Miller hired Richard Mueller to lead his investigators — despite Mueller’s long rap sheet. County leaders voted to ask the attorney general to open an investigation into prosecutor Brad Miller. Republican prosecutor Brad Miller denied that he has Signal on his phone, but Phoenix New Times has seen the messages. The Cochise County Sheriff’s Office has run a media blitz for drone company Draganfly, possibly benefiting a Trump associate. The Cochise County Sheriff’s Office got $1 million to coordinate with ICE — including $250,000 in mysterious “travel” money.

Beth Goulden accuses Brad Miller of sexism, retaliation and spreading sexual rumors about ex-Sheriff Mark Lamb. Lupe Conchas wants to end oversight-free city council stipends. At the same time, he asked people to send him money directly. Sinema lobbied hard for the data center, but her involvement created exactly the opposition she tried to sweeping away. Backers of the project originally requested the ability to use more than 100 million gallons of water a year, emails show. When the ex-senator threatened Chandler over a data center, she was working as a paid lobbyist. She might suck at it. What do a golf cart, cable TV and car washes have to do with following a federal judge’s order to stop racially profiling? Hernan Castro has a big following among Arizona mushroom enthusiasts. He’s been in federal lockup since late May. The Trump administration has refused to hand over a murder suspect facing charges in Tucson. A judge now says it has to. “They use that all the time: ‘We dropped the ball.’ That must be the department catchphrase instead of ‘to serve and protect.'” Records from David Denogean’s murder investigation show police have had a suspect since 2023. Denogean’s family didn’t know. As head of the Border Patrol union, Brandon Judd fawningly sucked up to Trump. Now he’s set to become ambassador to Chile.